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"And what about the rest of us? We want to fight rats, too!" |
— Mintpaw asking Leafstar if she can partake in the rat battle in SkyClan's Destiny, page 135 |
Mintfur (SC) | |
Affiliations | |
Current: | SkyClan[1] |
Past: | Kittypet[2] |
Names | |
Kittypet: Kit: Apprentice: Warrior: | Mint[2] Mintkit[1] Mintpaw[3] Mintfur[4] |
Family | |
Father: Mother: Brother: | Rainfur Petalnose Sagepaw |
Education | |
Mentor(s): | Waspwhisker[3] |
Book Appearances | |
Living: | Firestar's Quest, SkyClan's Destiny, The Rescue, After the Flood |
Mintfur is a short-legged[5] gray tabby she-cat.[1]
In the Super Edition Arc
Firestar's Quest
- Mint is seen as a young kit. It is revealed that, although unnamed at first, she and Sage are Petal and Rainfur's kits. Rainfur requests help for them, and Firestar asks what was their matter. Rainfur explains that Petal, his mate, was a kittypet who was owned by a Twoleg, who underfed her, and therefore causing her to not have enough milk to feed Mint and Sage. Leafdapple suggests for them to go help them, but Sharpclaw asks why couldn't Petal sneak out with her kits, like how she had sneaked out to visit him prior. Rainfur explains that the Twoleg blocked the gap she used, and adds that they were all going to die. Firestar that they would come, and how many kits, which Rainfur confirms that there were two - one being Mint. They go out, and while they are present, Mint, unnamed, is shown squirming and mewling helplessly with her sibling. Soon after, they successfully help Petal and her kits run away.
- Soon after, they are laid next to Clovertail's belly, and within a heartbeat, they both suckle eagerly, pressing themselves against her soft fur. Clovertail asks what were their names, and Petal replies that they were named Mint, who was the gray kit, and Sage, the pale gray tabby. She notes that she named her after herbs in her Twoleg's garden. Firestar thinks of Mintkit and Sagekit, and wonders if Petal would desire for her kits to grow up in the Clan.
- Echo visits camp, and as she examines Clovertail's kits, she pads over to the mossy nest where Mint and Sage are sleeping in, and asks if they could not be hers as well. Petal, mumbling around a vole she had caught, states that they were hers.
- Mint then asks if she and her brother could be apprentices too, and her mother denies her request, stating that they didn't belong in SkyClan. Rockkit asks if that was the reason why they did not have 'kit' in their names, and Firestar replies that if Petal and Rainfur decided to join the clan, then Mint and Sage would gain new names. Mint's ears then prick up, and pleads her to stay, but her mother tells her that it was not as easy as it seemed. Not long afterwards, Mint and her family are accepted into the Clan, under the names of Rainfur, Petalnose, Mintkit and Sagekit, respetively, and Firestar is proud to have gained two new warriors, and two healthy kits.
- In the rat battle, Mintkit's father, Rainfur, is killed when he is in a small enclosure with rats in the abandoned warehouse near the edge of SkyClan territory. During the vigil held for him, Mintkit and Sagekit huddle on each side of their mother.
- As Clovertail's kits line up at her side, Mintkit and Sagekit eye them enviously, and Mintkit states that she would like to be an apprentice.
SkyClan's Destiny
- She is now listed as an apprentice, with her brother Sagepaw. Her mentor is revealed to be Waspwhisker.
- As they return from a hunting patrol, Mintpaw is seen following her mentor, Waspwhisker, a paw step behind him. Leafstar gives a small nod of approval pass her. When Leafstar calls for a Clan meeting, she sits at the foot of the Rockpile while her brother, Sagepaw, shoots out of the apprentices' den to join her. The two settle down, their tails twitching. After the ceremony, her mother, Petalnose, suggests that they should give their apprentices battle practice. Sagepaw is ecstatic, and races up the gorge, with Mintpaw following him in a whirl of dust, with their mentors follow slowly behind. While they do so, Leafstar begins to think about the apprentices' father, Rainfur.
- Soon after, Mintpaw and Sagepaw are shown practicing their fighting skills. Mintpaw is crouched in the middle of the area, and her tail lashes as she was about to pounce on a piece of prey. Sagepaw then stalks forward, and runs at her, flashing his claws out to rake along a side of hers. Mintpaw, however, is quicker, as she rolls toward him, ducks under his outstretched paw, and hooks his hind leg from beneath him. She then springs to her paws, as Sagepaw scrabbles in the sand helplessly.
- Leafstar compliments her, and Mintpaw gives a small bounce of her excitement as she realizes that her leader saw her successful move. Waspwhisker agrees with her, but advises her to follow up the following time, as he believes she could strike a couple of blows while Sagepaw floundered in the sand. Snookpaw exclaims that he would like to try the move, but Billystorm replies that they should watch Sagepaw and Mintpaw do it a couple more times. Sagepaw then sits up, spits out sand, and tells Mintpaw that he would get her next time, and she retorts that hedgehogs would fly.
- By the end of the session, when Snookpaw joins them, all three apprentices master the new move they have learned. It is noted that they still had lots of training to do before they were ready to receive their warrior names, but it seemed they grew stronger and faster every day. When Sagepaw and Snookpaw are done practicing the move they had learned the day prior, Mintpaw claims that she would like to try it, and bounds up to stay by Snookpaw. Before she can finish, she breaks off with a startled squeak as a snowflake lands on her head. It then begins to snow, as Leafstar orders for them to shelter in their dens. Mintpaw tells Snookpaw that he could share their den.
- After the snow eases, Leafstar leads down the trail to collect Mintpaw and Sagepaw. She informs them that they were to start clearing caves further up the gorge. Before they can fuss, she adds that they should go, as they could possibly warm themselves with exploration. Sagepaw asks what they would find in them, Mintpaw replying that they would find only bird bones and dust. She emerges more sedately, and calls her brother a mouse-brain, which makes him raise a paw as he was about to swipe Mintpaw across her ear, before stopping upon realizing that Leafstar has her eye on him. While they travel to a cave, Rockshade is shown carrying Mintpaw by her scruff, and drags up to to a slanting rock when she couldn't reach the next crack.
- When Leafstar begins to explain what happened to SkyClan in the old forest, Mintpaw wonders if there was other Twolegplaces, eyes stretched wide in wonder, and Leafstar confirms that there were. The three apprentices then glance at each other, as they expect to see the spirits of cats from long-ago. When Sagepaw wonders if they were descended from the old SkyClan cats, Mintpaw adds that she wondered too, and it is noted that neither Sagepaw or Mintpaw had long legs for jumping, and hard pads to walk over rocky surfaces. When Rockshade claims he could jump and climb well, Mintpaw chimes in that she could too, eyes gleaming, and that her legs were strong. Leafstar suppresses a sigh in response, and wonders if they were going to measure each other's legs. When Harveymoon is scolded by Leafstar for misbehaving, he protests that he had promised to join Waspwhisker and Mintpaw on a hunting patrol after sunhigh.
- As she returns from Cherrytail's hunting patrol, Tinycloud bounds up to Mintpaw, and informs her that Sagepaw had an accident. Mintpaw, in horror, lets her prey fall, and stands with her jaws open as she describes how her brother fell from the cliff, but finishes that he would be fine. Mintpaw declares that he would need to keep his strentgh up, and grabs the largest squirrel off the fresh-kill pile, hauling it in the direction of Echosong's den, and soon appears in her den to join her Clanmates.
- Leafstar suggests for the guests to join a training session with the apprentices, and Mintpaw, at the front of the cats gathered around them, give an excited wriggle. She claims that it would be a great idea, as she could show them her best move. Snookpaw asks if it was the one where one would get sand in their face, and Stick, one of the visitors, states that they would all enjoy it. Leafstar tells them to go, and the three apprentices, including Sagepaw, race off the gorge towards the flat training area, and the warriors head up after them.
- When Sharpclaw challenges the patrols to touch the trunk to win first, Mintpaw exclaims that she could do so, leaping up to her paws, and bounds off in the tree's direction, only to skid to a halt as he raises his tail to stop her, and warns her that it wouldn't be as easy as it seemed. During the game, Petalnose races for the tree, and veers around Mintpaw, who tries to stop her. Leafstar realizes that all of Waspwhisker's patrol, save Mintpaw and Bouncefire, had headed for the tree. Mintpaw then screeches loudly, dashes up to Shorty, and swipes a paw across his face, which makes him stumble off balance, but keeps him on his paws. He is not fast enough to catch her, as she whirls around, and heads off Sparrowpelt as he tries to break through to support Petalnose. Her team, in the end, loses, and when Waspwhisker states that it was only bad luck that they lost, Mintpaw tells him to wait until next time, eyes gleaming.
- When some of her Clanmates begin to tell the guess what Clan life was like, Mintpaw notes that they learn how to look after themselves and Clanmates. She then stretches out her front paws to unsheathe her tiny claws, and teases that dogs and foxes would better watch out. While she ponders the possible choices for a future apprentice for Echosong, Leafstar notices that Mintpaw and Sagepaw are desperate to be warriors like their deceased father, Rainfur. Not long afterwards, Leafstar climbs down from her den, and spots Mintpaw, Snookpaw, and Frecklepaw struggle to carry sticks and bramble tendrils past the Rockpile. She asks what they were doing, and Mintpaw drops her bundle to answer her question, informing that Stick was building a waste pile in the training pile. She notes that it would be large, and that he said it would help them learn how to fight against rats, which makes Leafstar reply that she has to see it.
- Leafstar then pads alongside the apprentices until the arrive at the area, and they get to work. Snookpaw claims that Stick knew what he was doing, and Mintpaw agrees as she claws a bunch of bracken into a rat-shape. She adds that if he had been there prior, her father would not have died, which makes her mother, Petalnose, sigh in response. As Stick rounds up the rest of the clan for the session to start, Mintpaw is eager to be the first cat to attack a rat, and bristles her fur while she angles her ears at the rat-shaped bundle of bracken she made. She notes that Rainfur was her father, and this was her chance to avenge his death.
- As Leafstar orders some of her cats to go with Sharpclaw, Mintpaw asks if they could come along, fluffs up her fur as if she wants to make herself appear twice her size, and adds that they also wanted to fight rats. Leafstar promises her that she would have all the rats she desired, and that she, along with Cora and Shrewtooth, would come with her when the exits were blocked. As she finishes explaining what they would do, Mintpaw's eyes glow, and declares that she would terrify them as she extends her claws.
- Soon, they arrive at the pile, and after Cora asks if they should be climbing up, Leafstar nods, and beckons Mintpaw and Shrewtooth, who wait a few tail-lengths away. When she nearly reaches the top of the pile, Mintpaw makes the beginning of a yowl of alarm, which is soon cut off. Leafstar glances over her shoulder to spot her a tail-length below, clinging to a jutting piece of wood with her forepaws, as her hind paws dangle in the air, tail waving wildly. Mintpaw apologizes, meeting her leader's gaze, and states that she had slipped. She then scrabbles with her hind paws, and hauls herself up again. Leafstar murmurs that it was fine, and gives her a nod, reminding her to be careful.
- At the heap's top, she catches glimpses of Cora and Mintpaw yowling to frighten rats out of the mound, and into the waiting fighters' claws. After a rat flees before Leafstar could swipe, Mintpaw appears, as she claws her way over to the top of a Twoleg chair, lips drawn back in a threatening snarl. However, the chair gives away, and sinks deeper into the waste, and brings down Mintpaw with it into a gaping hole. She then lets out a horrified screech, scrabbling vainly as she sinks into the mound's depths.
- Leafstar, in response, leaps forward and grabs Mintpaw's scruff before she disappears entirely, and digs in her hind claws as she hauls Mintpaw upward. Two to three rats follow, one snaps at Mintpaw's tail. Leafstar, teeth still sunk in her scruff, has no to attack, but Mintpaw kicks out with her hind paws, and catches the rat across its head's side. She then thanks her leader as she is set down onto a more solid part of the heap. As Waspwhisker, her mentor, lays on his side, Mintpaw heads toward him, scrambles over bodies of rats to reach his side, and wails that he is injured. After the battle, Sagepaw comments that they were all injured, and Mintpaw replies that he should have seen the rats, grimly satisfied and adds that they wouldn't bother them no longer.
- As Billystorm describes how a patrol was lead to Twolegplace, he notes Stick, Sharpclaw, Mintpaw, and Rockshade, one of such patrols, had walked past him. Leafstar dislikes the idea that Sharpclaw, who was her deputy, took Mintpaw, who he was mentoring was Waspwhisker was recovering from his wound, thinking that the Twolegplace was no place for her. As Patchfoot explains that they had to get rid of the rats to Harveymoon and Macgyver, Mintpaw chips in that Stick and the others, who helped them out, ate rats. After Sharpclaw finishes that no cat had died fighting the rats, Rockshade tells Macgyver that he wouldn't have been there, and Mintpaw notes that none of the daylight-warriors were present during the battle, as the two look puzzled.
- After Cherrytail notes that Twolegplace cats had organized the attack, Leafstar is annoyed that Rockshade and Mintpaw were not being more sensitive. It is noted that as Tinycloud, Rockshade, and Bouncefire sit near the edge of the cliff, Mintpaw and Sagepaw are behind them. After speaking with Clovertail, Leafstar orders for Mintpaw and Sagepaw to fetch bedding for Clovertail, and to make sure she is comfortable. Mintpaw replies that they would, and Leafstar thanks her, adding that if all went well, she would make the arrangement permanent. When Lichenfur complains about the bedding in the elders' den, Leafstar spots Mintpaw open her jaws to protest, but Sagepaw quickly flicks his tail across her mouth, and she glares at him, but keeps quiet.
- Sharpclaw asks Billystorm if he is ready for a hunting patrol, he nods, waving his tail to where Waspwhisker waits with Mintpaw, Tinycloud, and Macgyver. After the patrol, Leafstar calls up for another Clan meeting, and Mintpaw shoots out of the apprentices' den, and scrambles down to join her fellow apprentices. Leafstar announces that she would be naming new warriors, and Mintpaw and Sagepaw give each other a startled look, before Mintpaw shakes her head and shrug. Leafstar thinks that the apprentices could not possibly believe it was their turn to become warriors.
- When Frecklepaw is ordered by Sharpclaw to check the elders' bedding, Ebonyclaw asks if she was to do it all by herself, noting that Mintpaw and Sagepaw were out on patrol. When Shrewtooth is found injured, Leafstar glances around, only to spot Mintpaw pad past her, as a mouse dangles from her jaws. Leafstar orders her to fetch Petalnose, and to tell her that it was urgent. She then speeds off, and tosses her prey onto the fresh-kill pile as she goes. Her mother soon enters Echosong's den, stating that Mintpaw said she wanted her. When Shrewtooth remarks that he was ashamed to be a prisoner of the abusive Twoleg, Petalnose notes that she was a former prisoner, along with Mintpaw and Sagepaw, when they were kits. Not long after, Sagepaw joins Mintpaw near Echosong's den.
- The night they are to attack the abusive Twoleg they lived prior with, Sagepaw and Mintpaw burst of of the den, and race down to join the warriors, despite not being called. Mintpaw asks if they were to go now, eyes gleaming, adding that she wants to come. Leafstar replies that Mintpaw could join them, but is not sure if Sagepaw's leg would hold out during the long way. At the nest, a light appears in a gap in the den wall, and throws a yellow square that traps Mintpaw and Sagepaw in the glare, which makes them crouch, frozen in shock. The Twoleg soon steps forward from his residence, and the two siblings, along with their mother, stand directly in front of him, backs arched and hissing. Leafstar doubts that the Twoleg recognizes them as the half-starved she-cat and terrified kits who escaped him two seasons prior. Mintpaw and Sagepaw, who are beside her, are noted to look ready to tear throats from a entire pack of foxes.
- After the attack, Sharpclaw suggests for Petalnose and Waspwhisker to give their apprentices hunting training. Leafstar decides to follow, and notices the apprentices are barely visible in long grass. Then, as she bounds to join them, she hears Mintpaw boast that they had really scared the old Twoleg, and they should have seen them. Leafstar stiffens, and wonders if the apprentices had no sense at all to taunt daylight-warriors by bragging. Mintpaw continues, calling them kittypets, and that they missed a successful patrol, and Leafstar's paws itch to intervene, although it was up to mentors to discipline their apprentices, and is surprised neither Petalnose or Waspwhisker say a word. As Billystorm agrees to come with Leafstar, she spots Mintpaw and Sagepaw exchanging a glance, eyes gleaming. She wonders what is their current problem, but neither one of them say anything. When Leafstar and Egg reach the gorge's bottom, she notices Sharpclaw heading towards where Waspwhisker, Petalnose, and their apprentices were.
- When the Clan gathers around a Twoleg kit, Mintpaw comments that Twolegs were weird, and dips her head to sniff at a scrap of white pelt. She then asks why they wanted to drag all those items along, and what their purposes were. Frecklepaw notes that the white pelt was a hankie, and that Twolegs wiped their noses with them. Mintpaw is surprised, eyes widened, and she takes a step back, and comments that it was disgusting for them not to lick their noses. After Frecklepaw shows them a hair band, Mintpaw exchanges a glance with her brother, and Sagepaw suggests that she should try tying some bindweed around her head fur. He gives her a friendly shove, and Mintpaw retorts that her head fur was as fine as it was. Snookpaw then carries back the Twoleg kit's necklace, and Mintpaw asks what its purpose was. Snookpaw shrugs, and replies that his Twoleg put them around her neck. Leafstar lets out a mrrow of amusement, and thinks that the apprentices could go on like that for the rest of the day.
- In the manga, Leafstar asks if everyone on the Twolegplace patrol was present, including Mintfur. After she receives information about the dogs that lived in Twolegplace, Leafstar notes that she, Cherrytail, Waspwhisker, and Mintfur would head towards the Twoleg nest with the pointed roof. Mintfur, along with the other cats on the patrol successfully defeat the dogs, and return back to their camp.
In the SkyClan and the Stranger Arc
The Rescue
- As she returns from a patrol, Sharpclaw asks her how was the patrol, and if there was anything to report. Mintfur replies that there was, as they had come across fox-scent, despite its trail being old. She adds that if she had to guess, it was from near the beginning of newleaf. Shrewtooth adds how they marked how far the scent was in the territory, and Sharpclaw compliments him, with Mintfur then stating that it was Ebonyclaw's idea.
After the Flood
- She is seen helping clean up camp after the flood's aftermath. Harveymoon greets her, and tells her to watch out, as there was a puddle in front of her. Mintfur thanks him, adding that she had made her way around a puddle previously. Harveymoon replies that it only appeared to be deeper than it looked.
- In the battle with the rogues she is seen clawing a cat. Harveymoon asks her if she needs any help, and she tells him if he insists. After the battle has been won, the two are seen together, twining tails.
- She is mistakenly called a tom in Firestar's Quest.[6]
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- "I want to be the first cat to attack a rat. Rainfur was my father, and this is my chance to avenge his death!"
- —Mintpaw, eager to be the first to attack a rat SkyClan's Destiny, page 131
- Mintpaw: "We really scared that old Twoleg! You should have seen us."
- Sagepaw: "And heard us. We yowled so loud, I'm surprised we didn't wake you up in your Twoleg nests!"
- SkyClan's Destiny, page 291
- Mintpaw: "Twolegs are weird. Why do they want to drag all this stuff around with them? What's it all for, anyway?"
- Frecklepaw: "That's a hanky. Twolegs wipe their noses with them."
- SkyClan's Destiny, pages 354-355
References and Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Revealed in Firestar's Quest, allegiances
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 381
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Revealed in SkyClan's Destiny, allegiances
- ↑ Revealed in SkyClan's Destiny, page comic
- ↑ Revealed in SkyClan's Destiny, page 45
- ↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 427
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 371


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Their sustained noise is roughly 16 times louder than holding a large leaf blower and more than 130 times louder than normal conversation. It is also about 50 percent louder than the loudest fan noise recorded at Clemson's Death Valley. (Loudness is measured on a logarithmic scale that increases exponentially in value for each increment of measurement.)
Thus, Seahawk fans have earned their "12th man" title, and on the evidence of the Guinness record they have to fear permanent hearing damage almost as much as the players on the field have to fear permanent brain damage from their violent vocation.
But those CenturyLink Field spectators might face an even greater risk than hearing loss.
That Seattle stadium sits almost directly on top of the Seattle Fault, a seismic zone that runs through the city.
During that loud and proud rout of the Saints, the Seattle crowd racket even triggered detection of earth tremors.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network recorded five seismic events during the game, measuring between a magnitude 1 and 2 earthquake.
Last May, The Seattle Times reported that simulations of a major earthquake concluded that it would kill and injure thousands and do $31 billion in damage.
It is probably a very low risk that frenzied football fans could set one off.
But if the Seahawks win their regular season finale to clinch the NFC's home-field playoff advantage, their high-volume supporters can again be counted on to shake up the opposition - and more.
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Saturday December 11, 2010One-Time Gainesville Resident Will Muschamp Returns To Coach Florida Gators
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The wait is finally over for Will Muschamp. But instead of Texas, Muschamp is coming home to take over at Florida.
Muschamp, who has spent the past three seasons as defensive coordinator at Texas and was tabbed the Longhorns coach-in-waiting in 2008, has been hired to replace Urban Meyer as the 23rd head coach in Florida football history.
Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley finalized the deal with the 39-year-old Muschamp on Saturday afternoon. Muschamp will be the second-youngest coach in the SEC behind Mississippi States Dan Mullen, 38.
This is a dream come true to be the head coach of the Florida Gators, said Muschamp, who lived in Gainesville for 10 years growing up. I grew up watching the Gators and whatever other SEC team was on television.
I have great memories watching SEC football with my father on Saturdays and playing football in the back yard with my two brothers right here in Gainesville.
A four-year letterman at safety in college, the 1994 University of Georgia graduate immediately embarked on a coaching career after his playing career with the Bulldogs concluded. Muschamp began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Auburn in 1995 and after later stops at West Georgia, Eastern Kentucky and Valdosta State, he returned to the SEC in 2001 when former LSU coach Nick Saban hired him as linebackers coach.
Coach Muschamp is someone we targeted from the beginning and he is the guy we wanted, Foley said. He is the only person we met with and the only person we offered the job to.
Muschamp was promoted to LSUs defensive coordinator in 2002 and helped the Tigers win the 2003 national championship on a staff that also included Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher as offensive coordinator.
Muschamp developed a reputation as one of the leagues top recruiters while at LSU, something Meyer quickly learned after arriving at UF in 2004.
Hes a tremendous recruiter, Meyer said. I have bumped into him many times over the years on the road while on recruiting trips.
Muschamp spent four seasons on Sabans staff at LSU and followed him to the NFL for one season as Sabans assistant coach for defense with the Miami Dolphins in 2005. Muschamp returned to the SEC in 2006 as defensive coordinator at Auburn, where he was a finalist for the 2007 Broyles Award as the nations top assistant coach.
In five seasons in the SEC, Muschamps defenses finished ranked in the nations top 10 every season.
By that time, Muschamp was considered one of the games bright young coaching minds and he left Auburn for Texas to serve as Mack Browns defensive coordinator. Brown and Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds were so impressed with Muschamp and with his name linked with several open jobs Texas made Muschamp the highest-paid assistant coach in the country in November 2008 and named him the heir to Brown.
We all agreed that Will was young, he was a tremendous football coach, he loves what hes doing on defense right now, so we could make him the highest-paid defensive coordinator in the country, Brown said prior to the 2010 BCS Championship Game. You see so many drops with change, and youre never sure what the right mix is. We all thought Will was the right guy with our staff to continue and build at Texas.
During his three-year stint at Texas, the Longhorns led the nation with 119 sacks over that span and ranked in the top 10 nationally in several other major categories, including allowing opponents to rush for 96.7 yards a game (fourth). In the 2009 and 2010 NFL drafts, Muschamp had a combined eight players drafted seven in the first four rounds and two first-rounders in Brian Orakpo and Earl Thomas.
Prior to facing his former assistant in last years BCS title game, Saban said Muschamp quickly earned his respect for the way he showed up ready to work each day.
I think Will has made his own mark in this profession in terms of what hes done with what hes accomplished, and were proud of him, and were happy for him, Saban said. And I know hes going to be a great head coach when he gets that opportunity someday.
Foley is thankful that Muschamp has decided to return to Gainesville take over for Meyer, who announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down after the Gators face Penn State in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 in Tampa.
We are thrilled to have Coach Muschamp lead our football program, Foley said. When we started the search for our next head coach we wanted a coach who was familiar with the Southeastern Conference. We wanted a candidate who was a relentless recruiter and was familiar with recruiting in the state of Florida.
We wanted a candidate who was high energy and had been on the big stage. We wanted a candidate who was respected by his players and his peers and we wanted someone who had a passion for the University of Florida. Coach Muschamp is all of those things and more. He is a grounded family man with a wonderful wife and two children and we welcome them into our Gator family.
The son of a high school football coach, Muschamp spent a decade living on N.W. 22nd Street in Gainesville. His family relocated to Rome, Ga., before he finished high school. Muschamp has been around college football his entire life. His father played at North Carolina and older brothers Pat and Mike played center and quarterback and Army and Duke, respectively.
Muschamp, who considered walking on at Florida, turned down appointments at West Point and Annapolis to enroll at Georgia become the Bulldogs defensive co-captain his senior season.
He is ready for his first head-coaching job and excited to lead the program he once considered playing for.
Im eager to get to work and represent this great institution, Muschamp said. Im very thankful for the opportunity given to me by President Dr. Bernie Machen and Athletic Director Jeremy Foley. I promise to bring a tremendous amount of passion and energy to work every day and my goal is to have our team bring the same type of attitude in everything we do both on and off the field.
I want our team to play hard, with relentless effort and with toughness. We want to make the Gator Nation proud.
2008-10 |
Texas (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) |
2006-07 |
Auburn (Defensive Coordinator/Secondary) |
2005 |
Miami Dolphins (Assistant Head Coach for Defense) |
2002-04 |
LSU (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) |
2001 |
LSU (Linebackers) |
2000 |
Valdosta State (Defensive Coordinator) |
1999 |
Eastern Kentucky (Secondary) |
1998 |
West Georgia (Secondary) |
1995-96 |
Auburn (Graduate Assistant) |
Age: |
39 |
Birthdate: |
August 3, 1971 |
Hometown: |
Rome, Ga. |
Education: |
1994 Bachelors degree (Georgia); 1996 Masters degree (Auburn) |
Family: |
Married to Carol Muschamp (formerly Davis). Has two sons: Jackson (9) and Whit (7) |
2010 |
BCS National Championship |
Texas |
2009 |
Fiesta Bowl |
Texas |
2007 |
Chick-Fil-A |
Auburn |
2007 |
Cotton |
Auburn |
2005 |
Capital One |
2004 |
Sugar/BCS Championship |
2003 |
Cotton |
2002 |
Sugar |
1996 |
Independence |
Auburn |
1995 |
Outback |
Auburn |
1993 |
Citrus |
Georgia |
1991 |
Independence |
Georgia |
· He is the second-youngest head coach in the SEC (Dan Mullen is 38).
· Had a 17-inch steel rod inserted in his leg after breaking his tibia and fibula as a junior on his high school baseball team
· Keeps the steel rod in a shadowbox in his office to remind players about overcoming adversity
· Visited Florida as a senior in high school in hopes of earning a chance to walk on to the football team
· Father, Larry, played football at North Carolina and later coached football in Rome, Ga.
· Oldest brother, Mike, played football at Duke and is now a high school coach in Atlanta, Ga.
· Older brother, Pat, was an offensive lineman at West Point
· Was on LSU staff with Jimbo Fisher and Derek Dooley under Nick Saban
· Was awarded a scholarship at Georgia in the spring of his redshirt season
· Was teammates with Alabama Defensive Coordinator Kirby Smart at Georgia
· Also was on same staff with Smart at Valdosta State
· Graduated from Darlington High School in Georgia, lettering in football (four years), basketball (three years), track (four years) and baseball (four years).
Will Muschamp becomes one of 12 different current Gator head coaches who entered their first season at UF with five or fewer previous years as a collegiate head coach:
Sport |
Head Coach |
Prior Experience |
As a Gator Head Coach |
Baseball |
Kevin OSullivan |
None |
2007-08 was his first year; 2010 NCAA College World Series & SEC Champions |
Mens Basketball |
Billy Donovan |
2 years |
2006 & 2007 NCAA Champions |
Womens Basketball |
Amanda Butler |
2 years |
2007-08 was first year; postseason all three years, NCAA Tourney in 09 |
Football |
Will Muschamp |
None |
Hired on December, 11, 2010 |
Womens Golf |
Jan Dowling |
None |
2010 NCAA East Regional |
Gymnastics |
Rhonda Faehn |
None |
No. 1 ranking in 2007; third at 2007, fourth in 08 & 09, fifth at 10 NCAAs |
Soccer |
Becky Burleigh |
5 years |
1998 NCAA Champions; 11 SEC titles |
Softball |
Tim Walton |
3 years |
2008, 09, 10 NCAA College World Series; Runner-Up in 09 |
Swimming & Diving |
Gregg Troy |
None |
2010 NCAA W-Swimming National Champions; 11 & 10 straight top-10 NCAA finishes for men & women |
Womens Tennis |
Roland Thornqvist |
5 years |
2003 NCAA Champions, 2010 NCAA Runner-Up |
Track & Field |
Mike Holloway |
None |
2010 NCAA M-Indoor National Champions; 10 NCAA M-Outdoor Runner-Up, W-Outdoor third, W-Indoor fourth; 2009 NCAA M-Indoor & Outdoor Runner-Up; 2004 & 2005 NCAA Mens Indoor & Outdoor Runner-Up |
Volleyball |
Mary Wise |
4 years |
19 SEC Titles; 7 Final Fours |
Former Defensive Coordinators turned Head Coaches in the AP Top 25
Gene Chizik, Auburn |
Texas 2005-06 (co-defensive coordinator); Auburn 2002-04; UCF 1998-2001; Stephen F. Austin 1996-97 |
Chip Kelly, Oregon |
Johns Hopkins 1993 |
Gary Patterson, TCU |
TCU 1998-2000; New Mexico 1996-97; Sonoma (Calif.) State 1989-91; Cal Lutheran 1987 |
Brett Bielema, Wisconsin |
Wisconsin 2004-05; Kansas State 2002-03 (co-defensive coordinator) |
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State |
Ohio State 2001-03; Youngstown State 1986-90; Butler (Kan.) Junior College 1982 |
Bob Stoops, Oklahoma |
Florida 1996-98; Kansas State 1991-95 (co-defensive coordinator) |
Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech |
Murray State 1979-80; The Citadel 1977-78 |
Nick Saban, Alabama |
Cleveland Browns (NFL) 1991-94; Michigan State 1983-87 |
Bo Pelini, Nebraska |
LSU 2005-07; Oklahoma 2004 (co-defensive coordinator); Nebraska 2003 |
Kyle Whittingham, Utah |
Utah 1995-2004; Idaho State 1992-93; College of Eastern Idaho 1987 |
Greg McMackin, Hawaii |
Hawaii 2007, 1999; Texas Tech 2000-02; Seattle Seahawks (NFL) 1995-98; Miami (Fla.) 1993-94; Navy 1992; Utah 1990-91 |
Randy Edsall, Connecticut |
Georgia Tech 1998 |
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Sent to the Zeta 2 Reticuli star system to investigate the moon LV-223 in 2091, the Prometheus arrived two years later in 2093; it was eventually destroyed in 2094, days later.
Conceived and planned by Sir Weyland himself, Project Prometheus was Weyland Corp's most significant initiative. Sir Weyland named the mission in honor of the great titan who first gave mankind fire; now, he returns the favor by giving his own gift of fire to the masses, one that will guide the company and its investors to the ultimate truth via the USCSS Prometheus.
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Project PrometheusEdit
"From the company that gave the world its most advanced space vehicle of the 21st century, comes a new design even more impressive than the last. Heliades, the galaxy's first ever FTL vehicle, has been the proud flagship of the Weyland Transportation division since 2034. Today, after thirty-eight years of development, Weyland announces the newest member of its impressive fleet: the larger, safer, FTL-capable, Prometheus.
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In 2089, two archaeologists Elizabeth Shaw and Charlie Holloway discover a star map among several unconnected ancient cultures. They interpret this as an invitation from humanity's forerunners, or "Engineers". Sir Peter Weyland, the elderly CEO of Weyland Corp, funds the creation of the scientific vessel Prometheus to follow the map to the distant moon LV-223.
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After the Prometheus lands on LV-223, Holloway, Shaw, David, Fifield, Milburn, and Ford suit up and leave to investigate the strange structures. Once they reach inside, David activates a hologram, leading to the discovery of a decapitated alien lifeform, leading to the even further discovery of a room with the statue of a huge head and several black urns inside. David steals an urn as the group leaves, but Milburn and Fifield get lost. Later, Prometheus is almost breached by a horribly mutated Fifield, who manages to kill seven crew members before being burned to death by Janek with a flamethrower. The situation becomes worse when Janek accurately theorizes that the Engineers planned on wiping humanity out and that the recently awakened Engineer plans on completing their mission.
The expensive vessel was destroyed when Shaw convinced Janek to stop the Engineer's spaceship from reaching Earth. Janek successfully crashes the Prometheus into the Engineer's ship, destroying the former ship and killing everyone on board, and saving Earth.
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- Charlie Holloway - Lead scientist (incinerated by Vickers)
- Millburn - Biologist (choked by Hammerpede)
- Fifield - Geologist (incinerated by Janek)
- Ford - Medic (killed by last Engineer)
- Chance - First assistant pilot (killed in ship's crash)
- Ravel - Second assistant pilot (killed in ship's crash)
- Jackson - Mercenary (killed by last Engineer)
- Vladimir - Mercenary (killed by mutated Fifield)
- Sheppard - Mercenary (killed by mutated Fifield)
- Taplow - Mercenary (killed by mutated Fifield)
- Wallace - Mechanic (killed by mutated Fifield)
- Barnes - Mechanic (killed by mutated Fifield)
- Mechanic 3 - Mechanic (killed by mutated Fifield)
- Mechanic 4 - Mechanic (killed by mutated Fifield)
- Peter Weyland - Mission sponsor (killed by Last Engineer)
- 2 security androids - Security (presumably destroyed in ship's crash)
Cargo and EquipmentEdit
The Prometheus was powered by four nuclear ion plasma engines capable of VTOL thrust hybrid vectoring in atmospheric and interstellar conditions. Individual cranes in the engine's outer shell lifted the heavy landing gear back into the engine. The ship carried over twenty vehicles in tow along with crew weaponry composed of flame units, pistols, shotguns and Weyland Storm Rifles used by mercenaries in charge of security.
The main control room housed a primary table which received the signals fed by spectagraphs, which mapped out the Juggernaut as well as the Engineer temple. It also carried seventeen hypersleep chambers. Below is the ship's full list of included equipment:
- RT Series Group Transport: The RT Series Group Transport's shape-memory alloy wheel system has nano-reinforced hard-composite treads that resist temps up to 2000°F. Its ceramic gas turbine engine has .4 million pounds of thrust making its cargo weight virtually unlimited. With a 5.7 meter wheelbase, the personnel bay fits up to 20 occupants.
- ATV NR6: Two-person transport vehicle with 4-tread, track-belted wheels able to negotiate near-vertical terrain carrying small payload. With the NR6, Weyland planetary engineers are able to survey previously inaccessible areas of newly discovered proto-colonies. Vehicles reach top speeds of 88 mph in standard atmospheric pressure and gravitational pull. Variable-friction axes for front and rear wheels provide micro-torque gear adjustments for maximum safety and mobility across any foreign surface.
- Hypersleep chamber: A holographic display communicates with ship's mainframe to monitor metabolic conditions to suspend cell function. The hypersleep chambers can be programmed to initiate, maintain and terminate hypersleep stasis of human crew depending on length of mission and percent FTL travel. Zero-loss lithium ion batteries in a tertiary backup system support the chamber's function for up to 100 years in case of emergency. Hypersleep maintenience overseers can start dream-reading via establishing a neuro link through a visor.
- Class-D crew escape module: Vickers' suite was revealed to be a lifeboat when it ejected from the Prometheus and crash landed immediately. It was later seen again when Shaw confronted the Engineer. Exclusively designed for FTL crafts of a suitable size, this emergency sustaining pod is an embedded safety module comprised of 7 luxury-appointed rooms, complete with independent navigation and piloting controls. Reclaiming decontamination system allows one occupant 50 years of breathable air with or without hypersleep.
- Class-A individual crew ejection pod: The Prometheus apparently contains eight and they are automatically launched. When Vickers escaped from the Prometheus, the ship's automatic launch system ejected the pod from the ship; the pod flew itself for a few seconds before crash-landing on the ground.
- Pauling MedPod 720i: Procedures include concentrated antibiotic injections, basic wound repair, appendectomy, laparoscopic ablation and Cesarean section. The MedPod can diagnose, treat and perform a range of surgical procedures with ultra-fine laser incisions guided by 3D anatomical scanning. David calibrated the one on board the Prometheus to attend male patients, but Shaw was able to bypass the system and have a foreign body extraction surgery to remove her offspring.
- Intergalactic comm antennas: The ship had many installed all around the front, similar to the USCSS Nostromo.
- Weyland space suits: Used in exploration, reconnaissance and for tactical maneuverability in the field. Nano-reinforced composite helmet allows a 320° rotational field of vision with info display of vital stats, environmental conditions, communications systems and data analysis. Cadmium exoskeleton provides safety and stability over rough terrain. Iridium-coated, laser resistant light armor optional.
Behind the ScenesEdit
- The interior of the ship was built across a two level structure, fronted by a large, faceted, wrap around windscreen.
- Vickers' quarters were designed to represent her high status on the ship, being furnished with modern and futuristic items including Swarovski chandeliers and a Fazioli piano.
- The ship's garage was built on the backlot of Pinewood Studios in England.
- Sir Weyland named the mission and the spaceship in honor of the great Titan Prometheus, who first gave mankind fire, stolen from the Gods. Prometheus may derive from the Greek for "forethinker", or the Proto-Indo-European for "thief", Prometheus also tricked the Gods, which is of relevance to this film.
- NASA actually established a Project Prometheus in 2003 to develop nuclear-powered systems for long-duration space missions; this project was also named after the Titan Prometheus from Greek mythology.
- In Jon Spaihts' original script for Prometheus, titled Alien: Engineers, the Prometheus is known as the Magellan.[1] Several pieces of concept art for the ship also carry this early name.
- It has been speculated that the Prometheus borrowed some design features from the Serenity (the Firefly-class transport ship from the TV series Firefly and its movie sequel, Serenity). These features include its rotating engines, which allow for vertical take-off and landing, and the fact that its cargo bay opens towards the front of the ship, although the latter is also a feature of the UD-4L Cheyenne Dropship from Aliens.
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- Prometheus: Fire and Stone (mentioned only)
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The relationship between designers and material
I posted this to my blog earlier today, but I thought it would be worth contributing here as well. Lots to discuss around the idea of material in interaction design.
Here's the post originally seen at http://blog.emenel.ca/post/749792140/the-designers-relationship-with-materials:
I read a great short post on the Frog Design blog this morning about Apple's design process (article: http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/why-apple-is-the-new-master-of-craft.html thanks to Dave Malouf for sharing this in his gReader). It highlights their relationship with the materials that they use, and how integral that is to their design process.
A quote from Jonathan Ive from the article:
"The best design explicitly acknowledges that you cannot disconnect the form from the material—the material informs the form. It is the polar opposite of working virtually in CAD to create an arbitrary form that you then render as a particular material, annotating a part and saying 'that's wood' and so on. Because when an object's materials, the materials' processes and the form are all perfectly aligned, that object has a very real resonance on lots of levels. People recognize that object as authentic and real in a very particular way."
A lot of what we do as interaction designers is still in the "annotated CAD drawing" category. We make our static boxes and text and send that off to somebody else to give it form (sometimes with our direction and/or collaboration, but not always). We never work with the materials of the final product.
Just like industrial designers, our materials change with each project. They work with glass and steel on one project, then with plastic the next. Each time they need to learn the properties and possibilities of the materials. Sometimes we work on designs that will become html, css, and javascript; other times it will become objective c in the iPhone SDK, and the list could go on. Does this mean that we all have to become masters with all technologies we might use to implement our projects? No, not at all. What it does mean is that we should spend some time at the beginning of each project to play with the materials. Get to know their properties. This includes code, physical interface, responsiveness, symbolism, input, feedback, and more.
The properties of a material are also aesthetic. Again, from Jony Ive:
"… we experiment with and explore materials, processing them, learning about the inherent properties of the material—and the process of transforming it from raw material to finished product; for example, understanding exactly how the processes of machining it or grinding it affect it."
Interaction designers seem to have some aversion to aesthetics, but we really need to starting thinking about how interactions feel along with how well they work. How does different material respond to different types of input, feedback, and animation? How does colour, texture, and spacing change people's engagement with your product? Does it make them like it more? Less? Easier to use? More fun to use?
It might sound like I'm making the interaction designers job a lot bigger and more complicated… and well, in some ways I am. But, in other ways, I'm trying to bring interaction design in line with the complexities, challenges, and potential rewards of other design disciplines. There have been members of our community asking where the Jonathan Ive of interaction design is? Where is the Eames, the van der Rohe, the Rand? I think we will never get there as long as we avoid the larger challenge of designing in a holistic way. As long as others are alone responsible for the final form of our designed objects - the aesthetics, the feel, the implementation - we will never see the full potential of interaction design to make amazing things.
We are more than wireframe jockeys. We are designers and are responsible for the output of our designs. We need to stop making piles of blueprints and CAD drawings, and start making the things that we envision.


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23.11.06 - Carl Froch has promised the people of Nottingham a knockout when he defends his British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles against Liverpools Tony Dodson live on Sky Sports this Friday. A record turn out is expected at the prestigious Nottingham Arena when The Cobra meets his long-term rival in a highly anticipated showdown that could see him win the Lonsdale belt Outright. The 29-year-old intends to reward his loyal supporter base with a spectacular performance.. I am going to unleash hell on him, said Hennessy Sports promoted Froch. Im going to give Nottingham a spectacular knockout. I think hes going in the sixth round. If he gets beyond the sixth then all respect to him, but he wont be going much longer. Whilst Froch is typically confident, he is in no way underestimating his opponent, despite surpassing Dodsons achievements since the pair were first scheduled to meet 18 months ago when the Liverpudlian was champion. Dodsons up for this, Froch continued. Hes going to be in his best shape ever. Hes had 12 weeks notice for this fight. In fact hes had 18 months notice, but lets not talk about that. He deserves respect. He is a big strong man and he comes to win. He is not like Matthew Barney who I had to chase around the ring for 12 rounds. He is going to come out swinging. Hes been talking about his one punch power and saying that he is going to knock me out, so I am going to have to adopt a champions tactics. But I am slicker than him. Im going to show off my skills and hes going to feel my power. He may give me a couple back and I will think fair play to him: thats what boxing is all about. I love the warrior angle - but whatever he thinks of his own power, hes not going to be able to live with me. The two-times former ABA champion has had the advantage of preparing at home for this eighth championship contest of his career alongside his family, including his mum Carol who owns a pub in the City. I could never not be there when Carl fights, she said at a photo call yesterday. I always worry about him. I always worry about his opponent as well. You have to remember the other boy has a mum and dad too. For Froch, there is no place like home. I love it when Im fighting in Nottingham, he added. Being familiar with your surroundings eases the pressure. Being around your family in your own setting helps you to relax. Its great when the City gets behind me as well. It gives me that extra lift. The Hennessy Sports team member, hailed by his trainer Robert McCracken as a model professional, is highly motivated at the best of times. He believes his dedication will see him reach the very top. I dont cut corners in training, he said. I never take my foot of the gas. I know that is the recipe for success. I know that 12 hard rounds for me will never be a problem. When I get into the ring I know all the hard work is in the bank. Its been done. That leaves me to relax and get on with doing my thing. The Hennessy Sports Outright promotion, headlined by Carl Froch vs. Tony Dodson, takes place at the Nottingham Arena on Friday November 24th. Tickets priced £25-£80 are available on 0870 121 0123. For a full bill and more information please visit www.HennessySports.com.
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10 Best Lindsay Lohan Artworks
From Gagosian Gallery's current exhibit
© Richard Phillips. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. Photography by Robert McKeever
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Using celebrities as artistic inspiration is certainly nothing new -- just ask anyone who ever tacked up an Andy Warhol poster in a dorm room. Yet, there is certainly no shortage of buzz surrounding Richard Phillips' exhibit at New York City's Gagosian Gallery (running through October 20) that features images of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima and porn star/legit actress Sasha Grey.
But it was his depictions of love her or love-to-hate-her Lindsay Lohan that seem to have gotten the most press.
This is a little shocking, as Phillips certainly isn't the first artist to use the sometimes actress for inspiration. Here's a look at nine other artists who have used LiLo's image in their work, with or without her permission.
9. Lindsay in the Bible
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Spanish-American contemporary artist Domingo Zapata may have denied rumors of any romantic trysts with Lohan, but he did publicly profess his love for her professional work. If nothing else, the two did collaborate for a photo shoot. What resulted was what Zapata entitled "Eat Me" and consisted of four Polaroids of Lohan with the words "An Apple . . . that I like . . . with a bite out of it. Adam and Eve changed mankind forever . . . started SIN . . . it was a plain simple apple hanging from a tree. Then the world changed for all of us." A prominent British collector reportedly bought the images for over $100,000.
8. Lindsay in felt
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Atlanta-based artist Simone Stanley creates one-of-a-kind artwork out of felt to match any likeness. An example specimen? La Lohan's mugshot (as well as Nick Nolte's, Paris Hlton's and Mike Tyson's). Purchase these images -- or request your own creation -- via Stanley's Etsy site.
7. Lindsay in fingernails
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Way ahead of her time as far as the nail art craze is concerned, Lohan famously showed her own socio-political artwork on her fingernail during a 2010 probation violation hearing. It's only fitting that Spokane, Washington artists Cain and Todd Benson, who are no strangers to political commentary themselves (see their thoughts on WikiLeaks and on China versus Google) turned this image into a work of art.
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6. Lindsay in a Warhol
Cain and Todd Benson |
But why stop with court proceedings? The Bensons also created this Warhol-style tribute to Lohan's mugshots.
5. Lindsay in a lesbian version of American Gothic
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One pop culture image deserves another? Los Angeles artists Ben Tegel and Brian Romero created this American Gothic-inspired image of Lohan and then-partner Samantha Ronson for a "Girl on Girl night" event at the Viper Room in 2009.
"Lindsay and Sam are the all-American couple for the 21st century," Tegel told E! Online's Mark Malkin at the time. "I call it American Sapphic."
Up next: Lindsay in recycled wood
4. Lindsay in recycled wood
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Portland, Oregon-based artist Ace Troy created a permanent reminder of Lohan's criminal escapades when he spray-painted her November 2007 mugshot onto recycled wood.
"Lindsay Lohan is secretly one of my favorite things," says Troy, who showed the piece at a local art gallery before listing it on Etsy for $35. "I wanted to do a show actually of just Lohan pieces, but that's far off."
3. Lindsay as a vampire
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Illustrator and tattoo artist Matt Truiano of Valley Cottage, New York took a detour from his book covers for horror novels, novellas and short stories to create this vampy Lohan oil painting. But LiLo isn't the only starlet to inspire Truiano; he also has a couple blood-thirsty works called "The Real Hannah Montana."
Up next: Lindsay in a movie poster
2. Lindsay in a movie poster
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Polish graphic artist Piotr Wojtaszek replicated the feel of a classic movie poster -- complete with text that reads like Lohan's Wikipedia page -- for a series of works for a magazine contest that also included Joaquin Phoenix and Jackie Chan's likenesses.
1. Lindsay for iPhones
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Berlin-based illustrator and graphic artist Carolina Matthes specializes in vector illustration (similar to what Matthew Inman does with The Oatmeal) and sells everything from iPhone cases to postcards to T-shirts on her website. Her pop art/monochrome print of Lohan is available as a greeting card or postcard.
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Manga Quick Information
Title: | FLCL - FLCL Omnibus: The Complete Manga Series |
Original vintage: | 2000 |
Author: | GAINAX |
Artist: | Hajime Ueda |
Published by: | Dark Horse |
Genre: | Action, Comedy, Crazy, Drama, Mecha, Music, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Sexy |
Material length: | 392 pages |
Ian Wolf's review
"Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened." – Thomas Hardy.
If you are into your anime and manga then you will no doubt have come across the sheer complete lunacy that is FLCL. One of the most praised anime around, most people will be aware of the show's mixture of sci-fi, comedy and surrealism.
While the anime is well known, the manga adaptation of it is not given so much attention. However, Dark Horse has now published the manga version in a single volume for everyone to read.
For those who have yet to come across the series, FLCL is set in the fictional Japanese suburb of Mabase, which is dominated by a building which is shaped like a steam iron that blows out white smoke every day. 12-year-old Naota Nandaba is bored of the town as little happens in it, but things change when he encounters alien girl Haruko Haruhara. The encounter is a strange one, given that she introduces herself to Naota by riding a Vespa motorbike towards him and hitting him over the head with an electric guitar. The oddity just gets stranger from there, as we get to see phallic lumps growing out of heads, robotic maids, and some rough-and-ready croquet.
Those familiar with the plot will find nothing surprising in terms of the dialogue. However, the artwork by Hajime Ueda is something to behold, as it is so different from just about all the other manga you see. For starters, throughout most of the book there are no backgrounds. You just see the characters, the things near them, the speech bubbles, and that is it.
Also, for much of the time there may be only a few panels in a page, sometimes there is only the one. One page (p. 49) has a huge blank space with one small caption in it, with two thin panels taking up only the bottom third of said page.
The drawing is also very rough. If elegance is your thing then this will not be the manga for you. It is full of jagged lines. Even the outlines on most of the panels are not drawn in perfectly straight lines. Shading tends to come in three forms: solid lumps of one colour such as black or grey, close-up-spots, or sometimes light pencil shading.
There are also quite a lot of extras in this book. There are several colour pages, featuring both normal paper art and some 3D work. In the back of the book there is a bonus story.
Yes, sometimes the plot is hard to follow, and the rough artwork can make it at times difficult to read, but this is a manga that I feel should be thoroughly recommended for anyone's collection.
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HMS Victory was launched in 1765 at Chatham Dockyard and was commissioned in 1778. She continued in active service for the next 34 years which included her most famous moment-the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In 1812 the Victory was retired from frontline duty and anchored in Portsmouth Harbour, on the south coast of England. For the next 110 years the Victory remained at her moorings in Portsmouth Harbour fulfilling a combination of practical and ceremonial roles. In 1922, amid fears for her continued survival, the Victory was moved into Portsmouth's Royal Naval Dockyard and placed in No2 Dry Dock. Work then began on restoring the Victory to her 'fighting' 1805 condition and continues today.
It took over 800 men to crew a ship like HMS Victory. Take a look at these pages to find out more about the roles some of the men held on board.
HMS Victory was a First Rate Ship of the Line. This means that she had to have at least 100 guns-in fact at the time of Trafalgar she had 104.
Ships like HMS Victory did not have 'cannons' at sea these large weapons are always known as guns. Sailors also had small arms such as rifles and muskets.
Her Majesty's Ship Victory is the only surviving naval warship that represents the skill of naval dockyard shipwrights, ship designers and the industrial ability of Britain during the mid 18th century.
More than this the Victory is equally a classic example of warship construction techniques used by all maritime powers of that period including Denmark, France, Holland and Spain, also the lesser naval powers of Russia, Naples, Sweden and Turkey.
Besides her historic role serving as Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar, the Victory stands in the line of technical advances made between the 16th century Tudor warship Mary Rose, the Victorian built iron warship Warrior of the mid 19th century and the steel built monitor M33 of the early 20 century.
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berkeley-365.jpg On the march on 11/18, students spontaneously marched into a neighboring college.
berkeley-385.jpg On the march on 11/18, students spontaneously marched into a neighboring college.
berkeley-394.jpg On the march on 11/18, students spontaneously marched into a neighboring college.
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Sunday Nov 22nd, 2009 10:12 AM
This is a weird clip of two undercover officers?? who are speaking with teen jargon and refusing to name their agency, saying 'keep guessing, buddy'
http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeleyOccupation#p/u/6/1riojIGkryU There are all sorts of local police agencies that seem to have mutual aid agreements: East Bay REgional parks police http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL1smPLY354 Alameda County Sheriffs http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeleyOccupation#p/a/u/0/c8jYA1Rqrn8 Historical relevance. If I'm not mistaken the 'blue meanies' who played a large role in the 1969-71 Berkeley anti Vietnam protests, were Alameda county sheriffs. They came in with a belligerant attitude and did a lot of back-and-forth tussling with students, and they shot and killed a man James Rector sitting on the roof of a tall house on Dwight street: Time magazine coverage from 1969 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840109,00.html http://www.berkeleydaily.org/issue/2004-04-20/article/18700?headline=The-Bloody-Beginnings-of-People-s-Park Officers without badges. http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeleyOccupation#p/u/4/3Z36eylGEJs Good images of evening crowd, description of person with broken hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjjogzFvyHE Overhead baton blows, as police aren't even necessarily trying to drive students in a particular direction - just jostling http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeleyOccupation#p/u/2/MPW0214z2Vk Interview with random guy shot with rubber bullet http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeleyOccupation#p/u/3/TW9UhExNCww |